Wall construction for mausoleums



W. E. HUGHES AND .I. B. KING.

WALL CONSTRUCTION FOR MAU SOLEUMS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21. 1917.

Patented May 18, 1920.

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. KING E. HUGHES AND J. B WALL CONSTRUCTION FOR MAUSQLEUVMS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21,1917- Batented May 18 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. HUGHES nn-Janus B. KING, OF CLYDE, OI-IIO, ssrenons TO THE. HUGHES GRANITE COMPANY, OF CLYDE, OHIO, A CORPORATION or OHIO.

WALL CONSTRUCTION FOR MAUSOLEUMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1920.

Application filed November 21, 1917. Serial No. 203,266.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM E. HUGHES and JAMES B. KING, citizens of the United States, residents of Clyde, county of Sandusky, and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wall Constructions for Mausoleums, of which the following is a specification, the principle of the invention being herein explained and the best mode in which we have contemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

Our invention relates to mausoleum structures adapted to receive a plurality of bodies and effectively to insure the sanitary desiccation thereof by natural means. articularly our invention relates to a new and improved structure of the walls of such mausoleum. Said invention is designed to provide a wall which is of good appearance, permanent wearing qhalities, dry, and the individual slabs composing which it will be impossible to disturb or move relatively one to the other.

The annexed drawings and the following description set forth in detail certain means embodying our invention, the disclosed means, however, constituting but one of various mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention may be employed.

In said annexed drawings Figure 1 represents a perspective of a fragment of the concrete foundation for our improved mausoleum so formed as'to cooperate with certain slabs hereinafter fully described. Fig. 2 represents a sectional perspective of a portion of the top slab forming the roof of our improved mausoleum; Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of two slabs forming a part of one tier of slabs going to make up our improved wall structure, said two slabs cooperating one with the other to form a corner of said structure and also cooperating with the top slab shown in Fig. 2, as will be hereinafter fully described; Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of two slabs adapted to cooperate with the slabs shown above them in Fig. 3, said Figs. 3 and 4; illustrating the relative formation of adjacent tiers of slabs in a vertical plane; Figs. 5 and '6 represent, respectively, the

upper and lower portions of two comparatively large cooperating slabs otherwise similar to those shown in Fig. 3, and adapted also to cooperate with those shown in Fig. 4:; Fig. 7 represents two cooperating slabs adapted to cooperate with the slabs shown in Fig. 6; Fig. 8 represents a perspective of the usual anchor adapted to form part of the bonding means between contiguous slabs disposed in the same horizontal plane. Fig. 9 represents a transverse vertical section of a fragmentary portion of our improved mausoleum; Fig. 10 represents, upon an enlarged scale, a transverse vertical section of upper and lower slabs forming part of two adjacent series in a vertical plane, illustrating the manner of preventing relative endwise or lateral movements of the overlapping ends of long slabs, hereinafter more fully described, and also of over lying long and short slabs, such view being taken inithe plane indicated by the lines X- X, Fig. 11; F ig..11 represents alongitudinal vertical section of a fragmentary portion of a corner of our improved wall structure taken in the plane indicated by the line XIXI, Fig. 13; Fig. 12 represents a bottom perspective of a fragmentary porftion of the slabs shown in Fig. 4., upon an enlarged scale; Fig. 13 represents atop perspective of a fragmentary portion of the slabs shown in Figs. 5 and 6, taken upon an enlarged scale.

In our improved mausoleum structure there are provided side walls 1 and suitable 'rear and front walls 2 and 3, respectively,

the whole surmounted by a cap or roof member 4: consisting of a singleslab or of a plurality of slabs interlocked by: means of tenons and cooperating slots, said roof member forming a locking device that ties the whole mausoleum structure together. Various features of our improved mausoleum structure involving the ventilation and drainage of the same and also certain details providing for a moisture-proof window, are described and claimed in detail in our pending applications for. United States Letters Patent upon mausoleum constructions and devices for preventing moisture deposit upon windows, Serial Nos.:203,265 and 203,264, respectively, filed November 21,

Referring now particularly to the subjectmatter to be described in detail and claimed in this application, the same is supported upon a concrete or other suitable foundation 25, Figs. 1 and 9, formed with a longitudinally disposed groove 26. A lowermost tier 27 and 34 of granite, marble, stone or other suitable slabs, Fig. 7, is formed upon its lower face with the tongue 28 adapted to cooperate with the groove 26 to prevent relative movement of said foundation and slabs 27 and 34;. Each tier of slabs comprises slabs 27 and slabs 3a of which the slabs 27 either in one or a plurality of pieces reach from corner to corner of the mausoleum structure, the slabs 34: being in terposed between the ends of said slabs 27. Said slabs are formed in their abutting faces at the corners with vertical recesses 29 adapted to be filled with concrete 33 to form a vertical binder between slabs lying in the same horizontal tier. Formed in the upper face of the lowermost tier are slots 31, as shown in Fig. 7, and also formed upon said face are longitudinally disposed tongues and 30, which slots and tongues cooperate with tenons 35 and grooves 36 formed in the bottom face of the tier of slabs next above said last-mentioned tier. Slabs in the same horizontal plane are also held against relative endwise or lateral movements by means of the usual anchors 32, plainly shown in Fig. 8, the same being disposed in the corners of the tiers to connect contiguous slabs in the manner plainly shown in Figs. 11 and 13, the top of said hooks being adapted to lie flush with the top of the slabs into which they are inserted. Referring particularly to the exemplification of our invention shown in the accompanying drawings, we shall refer to the slabs 27 as long slabs and the slabs 34 as short slabs. The relative disposition of the slabs in a vertical plane is that which has previously been indicated, viz., each horizontal tier comprising long and short slabs, the long and short slabs overlying each other between the corners of the structure and the long slabs overlapping each other to form the corners. Where the vertically disposed long and short slabs overlie each other between the corners, the upper slab is formed with a groove and the lower with a cooperating tongue and where the long slabs overlap each other 'at the corners, the overlapping slab is formed with a tenon and the lower slab with a cooperating slot. Furthermore, the overlapping long slab at the corner is formed with the short groove 36 and the corner of the long slab disposed thereunder is formed with the cooperating tongue 30. Referring particularly to Figs. 3 and 7, it will be noted that the tongues 30 and grooves 36 of the overlapping portions of the long slabs 27 are, in effect, continuations of the adjacent tongues and grooves 30 and 36, respectively, of the vertically disposed long and short slabs and therefore parallel with said tongues and grooves 30 and 36 respectively, in so far as one opposed pair ofthe four walls of the mausoleum is concerned; and

that said tongues 30 and grooves 36 of the overlapping portions of the long slabs are disposed at right angles to the ad acent tongues 30 and grooves 36 of' the other opposed pair of walls of the mausoleum. The tier of slabs which is uppermost cooperates with the bottom face of the top member f in the manner previously indicated as regards other tiers of the wall structure, said cooperation being plainly indicated in Figs. 2 and 3.

The tenons 35 are somewhat smaller than the slots 31, the clearance being indicated by the ordinal 37, and this space is filled completely with concrete, as indicated plainly in Fig. 11, adjacent tiers of slabs also being separated by a layer of concrete 43 disposed on the plain fiat portions of the abutting surfaces of the slabs at either side of the slots and tenons, as shown in said figure and Fig. 10. The air space 38 thus provided is the grooves'36 and 36 and above the tongues 30 and 30 effectively prevents any syphoning of moisture over said tongues and through the wall structure.

We finish the inside surface of our improved wall structure by a mastic coating 39 which gives a smooth surface by filling up the interstices in the rough stone, over which mastic is applied a sizing coat which renders the wall air and moisture-proof, as plainly indicated by the ordinal 39, Figs. 9 and 10. Furthermore, inasmuch as there is air pressure in the spaces 21 equal to the outer air pressure upon the mausoleum walls, the wall will be permeated with air back to the mastic coating 39 so that, when the wall is thus filled with air and the pressure upon both sides is equal, no moisture can penetrate the wall and thus the freezing which is so destructive to stone buildings is eliminated. The stone are therefore prevented from parting at the joints.

What we claim is:

1. A wall construction for mausoleums, comprising superimposed slabs each formed in one horizontal surface with longitudinal tongues and with end slots large in crosssection as compared with said tongues, and formed in the other horizontal surface with complementary grooves and complementary end tenons.

2. A wall construction for mausoleums, comprising superimposed slabs each formed in one horizontal surface with longitudinal tongues and with end slots large in crosssection as compared with said tongues, and formed in the other horizontal surface with complementary grooves and complementary end tenons, said slots being somewhat larger than said tenons, the latter being spaced from the bottom ofsaid slots and contiguous slabs from each other by a layer of concrete disposed in the slots and on the plain fiat portions of the abutting surfaces at.

either side of the slots and tenons, said tongues and grooves being of substantially the same depth, an air space thus being provided in said grooves and over said tongues.

3. A wall construction for mausoleums, comprising long and short slabs alternately disposed in a vertical plane and abutting long and short slabs in a horizontal plane, long and short slabs in the same horizontal plane abutting so that the long slabs form the corners of the structure, long slabs of two adjoining walls being formed with cooperating tenons and slots and cooperating grooves and tongues in their overlapping portions, and the vertically disposed long and short slabs being provided with cooperating grooves and tongues.

4. A wall construction for mausoleums, comprising long and short slabs alternately disposed in a vertical plane and abutting long and short slabs in horizontal planes, long and short slabs in the same horizontal plane abutting so that the long slabs form the corners of the structure, long slabs of two adjoining walls being formed with cooperating tenons and slots and cooperating grooves and tongues in their overlapping portions, overlying long slabs and underlying long and short slabs being provided a with cooperating grooves and tongues, the long slabs being provided with two sets of interlocking members on both upper and a lower surfaces, one of the interlocking portions on each surface being at right angles to the other interlocking member, the abutting tongues and grooves of adjacent long and short slabs in the same horizontal course being disposed in planes at right angles, respectively, to the planes containing the other tongues and grooves of the long slabs.

5. A wall construction for mausoleulns, comprising long and short slabs alternately disposed in a vertical plane and abutting long and short slabs in horizontal planes, long and short slabs in the same horizontal plane abutting so that the long slabs form the corners of the structure, long slabs of two adjoining walls being formed with cooperating tenons and slots and cooperating grooves and tongues in their overlapping portions, the verticallydisposed long and short slabs being provided with cooperating grooves and tongues, the tongues and grooves of the overlapping portions ofthe vertically disposed long slabs being, in efi'ect, a continuation of the tongues andgrooves of the adjacent slabs in the same horizontal courses respectively.

Signed by us, this 10th day of Nov, 1917.

WILLIAM E. HUGHES. JAMES B. KING. 

